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DEADLINES
Sept. 11: applications for Beat Auburn Beat Hunger volunteers. More information: http://goo.gl/forms/YWrlr2jxHi or http://beatauburnbeathunger.ua.edu/volunteerInformation.cfm.
Sept. 23: applications for Beyond Bama‘s fall-break service-trip to Selma, Alabama. More information and application.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
On Friday, Sept. 11, at noon, the Denny Chimes will play patriotic music in remembrance and honor of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The College of Community Health Sciences is leading a campuswide effort to vaccinate students, faculty and staff — and spouses — against the flu this year. During September and October, nurses from the University Medical Center, Student Health Center and Capstone College of Nursing will provide the shots at sites across campus. Students and employees must show their CWIDs to get a shot. For dates, times and locations, visit http://cchs.ua.edu/flushot, CCHS’s social media at Facebook.com/UAFluShot or UA’s Events Calendar. More information: Leslie Zganjar at lzganjar@cchs.ua.edu.
To learn more about influenza and the flu vaccine, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Resources are available to help you stay safe. The University of Alabama is committed to providing a safe environment for our students, employees and campus visitors. Available resources include the Safer Living Guide, the University’s publication that outlines safety procedures and services; UAct, a list of reporting channels for discrimination, harassment, sexual assault or sexual violence; Rave Guardian, a service available through mybama.ua.edu or UA’s mobile app store that works through your cellphone to provide instant access to the police department, as well as allowing you to set up your own personal virtual escort service; the Women and Gender Resource Center; and UA’s 24-hour hazing and harassment hotline at 205-348-HALT (4258), which allows students, parents or others to report incidents of discrimination, harassment, hazing or any kind of unhealthy behavior.
Earn a chance to win a semester’s tuition scholarship and improve air quality at the same time. Starting Sept. 16, students can have their vehicle’s emission tested for free as part of the PACECAR program developed by the Student Government Association and the Partnership for Affordable Clean Energy. Tests will be offered Sept. 16, Oct. 6, Oct. 21 and Nov. 10, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., at the University garage at 1227 14th St. Students whose cars fail the test could be eligible for financial assistance to bring their vehicles into compliance. More information and to reserve a testing date: http://testfortuition.org.
Students, faculty and staff have immediate access to EndNote and NVivo. Endnote, a citation and research-management tool, is available on Windows and Mac. NVivo is a tool designed for analyzing unstructured data using search, query and visualization tools. In addition, ChemBioDraw Ultra has been upgraded to version 15 and JMP has been upgraded to version 12. More information: Office of Information Technology licensing page.
GAME-DAY ANNOUNCEMENTS
MyTickets is the student-ticket system at UA. You can access student tickets through myBama or the UA Mobile app with your student login. Important information:
- MyTickets opens at 1 p.m. on the Sunday prior to a home football game and closes at the start of halftime.
- Tickets will have either “upper” or “lower” deck assignments. Students with upper-deck tickets should enter Gate 30; students with lower-deck tickets should enter Gate 31. You will be turned away if you attempt to enter the wrong gate.
- Access MyTickets prior to the day of the game to verify your deck location and gate entrance. Access available through myBama.ua.edu or UA’s Mobile app (student or Action Card icons).
- The penalty for not using a ticket is now 2 points.
- Deadline for late ticket donation is now Wednesdays at 5 p.m.
- Ticket donations accepted until one hour before kickoff.
Visit http://actcard.ua.edu for more information.
Changes for UA’s football games at Bryant-Denny Stadium begin with the Crimson Tide’s first home game of the season on Saturday, Sept. 12. The campus community and visitors should visit http://www.uagameday.com for the latest parking, traffic and tailgating information. Highlights include new inbound and outbound traffic routes and a reminder that UA is a smoke-free campus.
Per UA Parking Services, people parking on campus must move their vehicles from the following parking lots and roads by 5 p.m. on each Friday that immediately precedes a Saturday on which the Crimson Tide is scheduled to play a football game at Bryant-Denny Stadium:
- Triangle Lot — Orange Residential
- Western half of the Tutwiler Lot — Orange Residential
- Southern half of the Coleman Coliseum Lot — Southeast Commuter
- Moody Lot — Southeast Commuter
- NE Commuter Lot — Northeast Commuter
- Lower Recreation Lot — Northeast Commuter
- Colonial Drive — Orange Residential
Visit the UA game-day website to view a map of the Friday closures.
EVENTS
Free flu shots: Sept. 9, 9-11 a.m., 214 Child Development Research Center; Sept. 10, 7:30-10 a.m., Rose Administration Building ground-floor break-room; Sept. 14, 1-4 p.m., Capstone College of Nursing.
Students can learn about opportunities to study abroad at the Study Abroad Fair on Sept. 16, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., outside B.B. Comer Hall near the Crimson Promenade. More information: krhartley@ua.edu or 348-5256.
Check the Crimson Calendar daily for a more extensive list of campus events, including club meetings, arts and entertainment.
For athletic events, go to http://www.rolltide.com.
STUDENT AFFAIRS
Student-parents can join an email listserv to receive weekly newsletters from the Graduate Parent Support program. The listserv is for undergraduate or graduate students. Those already receiving the newsletters do not need to resubmit their names. To join, send an email to gps@ua.edu or dskimbrell@crimson.ua.edu.
CAREER PREPARATION
Career fairs are planned for Sept. 23-24. Visit the Career Center at 3400 Ferguson Student Center Sept. 16-17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a quick review of your résumé. More information: amy.bramlett@ua.edu or 348-5848.
VOLUNTEER/COMMUNITY SERVICE
Sitters for Service seeks volunteer baby sitters. Students can earn community service hours in exchange for baby-sitting for student-parents. Applications: http://www.gps.ua.edu/sitters-for-service. More information: Stephanie Charles at sittersforservice@ua.edu.
Homegrown Alabama seeks students majoring in public relations, marketing and advertising to fill vacant co-director positions. More information: homegrownalabama@gmail.com.
Students can earn community service hours and Panhellenic points by participating in or volunteering for the Out of the Darkness Walk that will be held Oct. 4 at the Ferguson Student Center Plaza and the Quad. More information: http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=3561. Questions: nmbeck@sa.ua.edu or 348-3863.
Dr. Regina Lewis and Susan Fant are seeking students to participate in surveys about their expectations for the year 2025. Students can voice their opinions on the future of the economy, entertainment and sustainability, among other issues, and will be exposed to the developing topic of foresight and scenario planning. More information: http://imagenyonline.com/index.html#signupsection.
Students can donate meals to the hungry through the Swipe Away Hunger program at UA. More information: swipeawayhungerua@gmail.com, Twitter @swipeawayhunger or Facebook at Swipe Away Hunger UA.